ahya related to me from Malik that Nafi said, "I was at al-Juruf(near Madina) and threw a stone at two birds, and hit them. One ofthem died, and Abdullah ibn Umar threw it away, and then went toslaughter the other one with an adze. It died before he couldslaughter it, so Abdullah threw that one away as well."Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibnal-Musayyab disapproved of killing domestic animals that had becomewild by any means that game was slain such as arrows and the like. Malik said, "I do not see any harm in eating game which ispierced by a throwing stick in a vital organ. Allah, theBlessed, the Exalted! said, 'Oh you who believe! Allah will surely tryyou with something of the game that your hands and spears attain.' "(Sura 5 ayat 97). Yahya said, "Any game that man obtains byhis hand or by his spear or by any weapon which pierces it and reachesa vital organ, is acceptable as Allah, the Exalted, has said."Translation Not Available

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the people ofknowledge say that when a man hit game and something else might havecontributed to death, like water or an untrained dog, that game wasnot to be eaten unless it was beyond doubt that it was the arrow ofthe hunter that had killed it by reaching a vital organ, so that itdid not have any life after that. Yahya said that he heard Malik say that there was no harm ineating game when you did not see it die if you found the mark of yourdog on it or your arrow in it as long as it had not remainedovernight. If it had remained overnight, then it was disapproved of toeat it.Translation Not Available